Se BB. Castléoa+ News Gee 1985 THE BUSINESS DIRECT |Auto Rentals | Consignment | HERMAN” — AVIS — | SELOTHING, DRAPERIES — TELEPHONE ~ - 365-5210 . New insertions, copy changes and cancellations for the Castlegar News Business Directory will be accepted up to'5 p.m,, July 30 for the. month of August. Video Recording etti ng ‘bed rircricnters’ “cscucituiusmiste i rein atime ase INEXPERIENCE . ~ A CONCERN hours,”? he said at 11 a.m. today. Branch spokesman. “Things are getting bad," he added. Barbecues and gas stoves are not only ** 4 z : CANAL FLATS, B.C. (CP) — Young, inexperienced firefighters say they are concérned for their safety as the they can’t even help themselves because there is a shortage of first-aid kits. = f Meanwhile, 30 fires in the southeast, one of which forced an estimated 1,400 people to flee the Canal Flats area’ Sunday, are out. of control and expanding. —~ Jack Carradice, acting fire supervisor, said more men are needed, but without rain in the next few days ‘we could have a very, very unpleasant situation on our. hands.” Close to 550 fires were burning in British Columbia on Tuesday and more than half of the 3,100 men fighting them were working in the southeast. ..By RON NORMAN jaye Editor A lightning storm. Tuesday night triggered a number of new forest fires, pushing the’ situation in the Arrow Lakes Forest District from” bad to worse. f Podiatry Roofing “We are considering a recreatignal affected by. the ban — closure." .— ts flames.”” However, Berukoff wouldn’t say just when the closure would be put in place. BEDSPREADS Everything on consignment. es ne = B L Medical & Surgical rian hed NEARLY NEW SHOP” Seem these Treatment Berukoff added that all. industrial SUNRISE operations have been instructed to be PROFESSION Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL OCATED AT Cagtlegar Airport Terminal ee ihe Adasira-Aviation — 365-2313 776 Rossland Ave., Trail Phone 368-3517 LOW, LOW PRICES © 1985 Universal Press Syndicate 2 f . Adult and Children’s Foot Disorders E.L. Mollohan, D.P.M. Roofing & Insulation * Commercial * Residential * Complete Professional Rooting * Waterproofing ~ RECORDING A total of 15 new fires were started overnight, ‘‘all lightning fires,"’ said Peter Berukoff, duty, officer at. the forestry field office in Castlegar. Berukoff said air tankers from the Monday the Parks Branch banned all .campfires and other open. fires in provincial parks and private resorts in the Nelson Forest Region, which stret- ches from the Alberta border to near out of the woods by 1 p.m. However, that won't affect Westar Timber, most of” whose loggers are fighting fires On the company’s tree farm. Many of the 500 firefighters working in the mountainous Invermere forest district north of Cranbrook are men in their early 20s from the Nelson area. Most of them, including Ron Pictin and Dave Keefe, had never seen a forest fire before. a Some were recruited off the street, given a card, told to forest fire situation in southeastern British Columbia grows worse each day. ‘Some of the fledgling firefighters interviewed Tuesday said they don't know how to use the tools they have been given and their superiors know little more about firefighting than they do. . “Mart all our loggers are fight- ing- fires," Jim Cross, southern wood > continued on page A2 D.T. Morton, D.P.M. Castlegar Airport base were out at 6 Grand Forks, and from the U.S. border a.m. this morning ical retardant on the fires. , % Aluminum Shingles They also said they are worried that if they do get hurt, continved.on poge A2 i, ACCOUNTANT SERVICE BONDED —LICENSED AL JOHNSON 365-5788 Welding & Backhoe to “It will remain in effect until the Beauty Salons Contracto as eS Tuesday's by Appointment _ 270 Columbia Ave. eRe ; THE ; : Colville Medical Clinic . peaeeaien | ey geen Se ies (509)-684-3701 | uer ye “SOLIGO, —— KOIDE” Blinds RS JOHN. — ~~ = CHARTERED-—- ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner WEATHERCAST senhaas oe eee Florist > Service S FULL LANDSCAPING __|_ ERVICE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL Stamps 126 *‘Are you joking? Six dollars to send that? RUBBER STAMPS Made to Order CASTLEGAR NEWS 197 Columbia Ave. —— Phone 365-7266 REASONABLE RATES, Satellite Sales Seta mainly sunny wi Highs 30°-34°. Lows 12°- Copier Systems CALL DAVE PLANT 112-800-642-1234 ROCK BLUFF WELDING & BACKHOE SERVICE Wit can be welded Nursery & Florist Ltd-— | = 2601 - 9th Av: : Cestlegar ) 4x4 Service ——_- FARIS —=———BROS ° GENERAL CONTRACTING New Construction—Renovations. x s GLOW’S PAINTS & 50 Cents CASTLEGAR. BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1985 4 Sectiong’ (A,B, C&D) WALLCOVERINGS =] = 365-6214 VOL. 38, No. 55 Moving & Storage WILLIAMS: MOVING | & STORAGE 2337-6th Ave., Castl Invite you to call them for a tree moving. estimate. Let our representative tell you obout f ROI PRINTING the ‘many services which have || —————_————— Ta here Tet een oe oe RES business. 9) 4 PRESS SERVICE : * FLYERS ~Ph. 365-3328 Collect | * PHOTOCOPYING - COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY metrist SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank J.T. (TIM) ALLEN DRIVEWAYS B.Sc. O.D. All Work Guaranteed. ORL OME IRIEL Pumping PHONE . . No.2 - 615 Columbia, Castlegar — 365-222 365-8007 366 Boker st, Nelon 352-5152 oa r§ 5 oo We .dig Bavements. septic ystems, = |e] Terminal ENTERPRISES : (2 en re n ears completion Sota Sole wine store By CasNews Staff - Service and Ph. 365-5190 Plans for the expansion of. the Castlegar Airport terminal are nearing advisory committee for review, the end of the first phase, according to said. a Transport Canada spokesman. -“*We've honed it to a couple of . ALL TYPES OF | t COMMERCIAL PRINTING eu ° = * Brochures * Raffle.Tickets : Etc. Etc. OFFSET & LETTERPRESS WEB PRESS FACILITIES Castlégar News 197 Columbio Ave. 365-7266 Decler jor FRED'S 4x4. Specializing in 4x4 Service and Repairs UPERIOR Window Covenng Products Complete Repair & Maintenance to all Vehicles. MOROSO, MARKIN & - BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241-Columbia Ave. Castlegar “Ph. 365-7287 * Drywaller * Electrician: We Sell & Install: «Plumber 3 ° a © Lift Kits Chimneys Box 981, Salmo, B.C. Suspension & Body E : PHONE Lifts < 357-9907 Rough Country Lifts Burbank Lifts Also carry: fe. Septic Service Super Sweep *_Warn Winches *. Hungas Bars — Bushwacker Flares Super Tube Bars Call 368-6261. Mon. -Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 2865 Hwy. Drive, Trail, B.C. ‘Once thé plan has been completed, it will be submitted to the local airport ~ Rybak aa 800 Highway Dr. Chimney Services Ltd. Blueberry Creek Castlegar Roy S. Dickie Ph. 365-2565 CASTLEGAR RECYCLING - ~ 365-2656 ALLEY . PAVING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL PARKING AREAS Complete Masonry Work * Chimney-Lining \ Certified Fire Satety Inspections .. 735 Columbia Ave. 365-6141 ° What you learn about-healthy—~ natural weight control at the“ Diet Center will stay with you the rest of your life. No drugs. 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar cfash di buy. Lifetime maintenance program. Your first personal consultation is free. Call today Canada’s regional manager of public affairs, said Tuesday in a telephone ULIO ESPOSITO . +. in few days? By CasNews Staff The Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel plans to open a beer and wine store in the hotel, perhaps as early as next: week. : “We're waiting for final legisla- : tion to come,” giner Tulio Esposito 1 Ls said in an interview Tuesday, And j final approval could be as early as Monday. - “We will be able to sell all beer and ciders and B.C. wines at the same price as the liquor stores,” Esposito said. —_-_— He added that cold beer, ciders and wine will also be available at a Mazankowski earlier this year “do what you Trenching Ma ° NEW SUMMER HOUR! & Backfill ese en BOJEY ELECTRIC LTD. PUBLISHER Winlaw 226-7685 /226-7869 The Castlegar News is “i published by Costle News Lid. Mail subscriptions rate to the GAR NEWS is $30 per year ($34 in communities | where the post office has let- tec carrier service). The price on-newsstands is 50¢ for each edition. The price delivered by spoper carrier for both PRESSURE WASHING Mobile Homes RV's * Trucks* Cars Block Buildings Vinyl & Alum. Siding Stucco & Wood Siding Parking Lots & Concrete Heavy Equip. & Motors PointRemoval FREE ESTIMATES CASTLEGAR PRESSURE WASHING ~final will be ready to go to the federal Treasury Board by late sum- mer. z ‘He said the plan must go to the Treasury Board twice: the first time to i ee, obtain board approval for an architect Mazankowski noted Brisco’s con- to complete final cost estimates and a Cer, but said Transport Canada has: design; and the second time to get the been-mecting with PWA concerning board’s go-ahead for detailed design the “‘outstanding issues. work and tendering. “I am confident that as a result of Asked how long Treasury Board this consultation process and the recent ybak replied: ‘I approval by the major carriers of *s like.” ___tevisions to Transport Canada’s _ai "He said it may take as long as two to - terminal, space rental policy, the prog: KINNAIRD ML. LeSCoy *TRANSFER Concrete Gravel Road Gravel Drain Rock Bedding Sand Fill, Gr. or Sand Topsoil Call 36527124 . 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PIRSH 1008 Columbia Ave.,- Castlegar, B.C. 365-3388 TRAIL APPLIANCE For Regular Service _ in Castlegar & District Call Toll Free - 112-800-332-0284 CLEANING Carpets Upholstery © Car interiors ® Window Cleaning FOR ESTIMATES CALL RICHARD VANTASSEL Trail 364-1344 FOR PROFESSIONAL 2045 Columbi Ave., -CONTRACTING Phone 365-3222 Trail * Renovations * Residential & Commercial * Big jobs or small jobs Financial Planning © Custom-built kitchen cabinets Ph. 368-5911 . © & M HEATING ° Furnaces ° General Metal Work Air Conditioning Humidifiers Flashing _ Service Work Plumbing Call 365-8138 352-7333 Industriel — Commercial Residential ALSO OFFERING: * Gravel Supplies * Grodin: * Oil Spraying (Dust Control) * Compacting © Trucking Ktlectove May 10. - 1983. Toll Free Diet ic. Anawering Service ‘800-332-4475 Plants & PINERIDGE PAVING LTD. Specializing in Italian Cuisine “A Trail Tradition” For Reservations - Phone 364-1816 1475 Cedar Avenue Trail, B.C. Have Ditch-Witch will Travel. Hour or contract rate. -~Underground pipes. wires etc. 5 wide up to6 deep. Peppercorn TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN “The Kodtenays’ Leading Convention Hotel © 3halls to serve your needs from 25 to 400 people © 4kitchens catering to the largest variety of menus *°19 years catering experjence in home, in hall, or wherever RON’S CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY & INTERIORS | COMMERCIAL -& RESIDENTIAL Complete Automotive Interiors Antiques Van Accessories Retail Fabrics & Supplies ions is only 66€ a week (collected monthly)... Second. class mail registration number 0019. ERRORS The Castlegar News will not be responsible for any errors in advertisements after one insertion. It is the respon- ty of the advertiser to his od when it is first published. ' is agreed by the adver- tiser requesting space that the advertisement is accepted on the condition that in the event of failure to publish any ad- vertisement of any descrip- tion, or in the event that errors occur in the publishing of an advertisement, that por- tion of the advertising space occupied by the item, together = reasonable allowance signature, will not be charged for but the balance of the ad- vertisement willbe poid tar at the applicable rate. In the event of an error, advertising goods or services at a wrong es slightly higher cost. “Rick Stevens, acting director of information for the Consumer and continued on page A2 HEAT WAVE A RECORD By CasNews Staff The heat wave rolls on. Castlegar set two more high temp- ¢rature records Monday and. Tuesday and the sunny weather shows no sign of letting up, although the temper- atures may cool down a little, according to the Castlegar Airport weather office. NEW LOOK . . . Bill (left) and Don Savinkoff of A. Savinkoff Plastering give the Pioneer Arena a facelift. prove appeal North and south ends of arena will be stuccoed to im- ranc three months to get adecision from- famming of the Castlegar terminal “Freasiity Boad, or as little as six Project should proceed ‘on a more weeks. timely basis,"” Mazankowski said. Rybak would not disclose the options However, PWA spokesman Steve for the terminal, but said plans are for Bullock has a different idea. ‘ a terminal complex including new Bullock told a recent Castlegar public roadways. meting that PWA has not agreed to a The space necessary depends on the Space rental agreement because “we airlines, Rybak said. Transport Canada are not prepared to provide them must still complete an analysis of (Transport Canada) with a 200 to 500 potential and current airlines. per cent increase in rent." _CasttensPhoto by Semon Burch inside FOR TANKER PILOTS — i LOGGERS’ SPORTS: Slocan held its annual loggers sports. day you desire Monday's high of 37.4 degrees C the weekend —snd_ neeussell.Auctions— ‘Hoping to Serve You™ TER. © Investment Funds * Guaranteed Investment c F 399-4793 * Thrums Buy or Sell by Auction o Rentals REDI-MIX CONCRETE SUPPLYING * Topsoil * Ready Mix Concrete * * Drain Rock * Gravel & Sand CALL COLLECT 355-2570 Slocan Vi a Jey Located ot Perry Siding __ 5! + Registered Ret Savings Plans Estate Plannin Annuities Call 352-5116 (Collect) 1 CAN HELP WITH: oe ie ond Disability Ir'surance Cameron A.R. Bond. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Flowers LET THE PROFESSIONALS, IVE YOU THE BEST Insulation Ltd. 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(Les) CAMPBELL Publisher Aug. 7. 1947 to Feb. 15,1973 _ BURT CAMPBELL Publisher RON NORMAN, Editor: PETER HARVEY, Plant Foreman; LIN- DA _KOSITSIN, Manager; CAROL Advertising Manag IEATHER HADLEY, Circulation Office MAG. i —_—_ 352-2917 broke the old record of 36.7 degrees C set’on the same date 15 years ago in 1970. ‘ The high Tuesday of 38.7 degrees C burned July 9, 1975's high of 37.0 degrees C out of the record books. For those of you who still keep track the old way, Tuesday’s high was 102 degrees.F. ne almost a month without precipitation. © “The last recorded precipitation was the 14th of June, but that was only 0.4 said David Veale’ of the Castle- added that the w : keep track of the amount on @ day-to- day basis, so we'll have to wait until the end of the month to sce if it’s a record.‘ 1 5 The forecast for tonight is for clear weather with lows near 15. Tomorrow’ will be sunny with a few cloudy periods and highs about 35. Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be mainly sunny with isolited cloudy periods and highs from 30-34. 2 ~ ohne. Firefighting no game By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer - The three men look like they might be members of a local softball team waiting around for the next game in a tournament. They're tanned, they look fit, and they rib each other good-naturedly as they lie on the grass or sit in deck chairs in the hot sun. But it’s no game that Stubby Holmes, Ray Horton and their John Laing are waiting for on the lawn. behind the tanker base at ire cab ce The three\sen are pilots for Conair Aviation, the company commissioned to help fight B.C.'s raging forest Once the strategy for attacking the fire is determined, Horton explained, the tanker pilots “stack” their planes at vertical intervals of SOO feet and begin their runs, spraying their loads of thick, red fire retardant fertilizer on the burning forest, sometimes from as low as SO feet above the : flames. Although the three men joked easily and seemed relaxed, it’s easy to fel from talking to them that-they take jobs seriously and are proud of what they do. ““There’s a great feeling of satisfaction if you beat a fire,”’ said Horton, a former bush pilot in the ore Territories and now in his sixth year with Conair. “There's a lot of pride in what we-do."” ns captured some of the action on film... Ct STRIKE STILL ON: The strike at Inland Natural Gas Co. entered its. second week today .. . A2 VALLEY BOY: One of the cabinet ministers in the new Liberal gover- ment in Ontario has his roots in the Slocan Valley. Street Talk has all the details... A3 NO TIES, PLEASE: HIALEAH GARDENS. Fla. sand coat ofl bidden on city employ til s end, and f@ mayor has told city officials to snip off “any and all ties” they spot on city workers. ‘ : : \0.a.m. until 8 p.m. every day, these pilots are on red aiert and must béairborne_within five minutes to fight yet another blaze in the tinder-dry Ne! Holmes and Laing, both 12-year planes known as Firecats. Horton is their ‘‘bird dog’’, a pilot power lines, which the fire is burning. Conair. veterans, tanker pilots, flying the muscular-looking DeHavilland different sy said he was “* ! from.a fire on-ong of fi we 3 : Holmes, an ex-Royal Air Force who scouts the run _ involves some stress. the tankers will-make. Flying a smalle, more manocuverable ~ plane called an Aerostar, Horton checks for hazards such as as well as noting important factors like wind general speed, the type of timber that is burning, and the terrain in “It makes the adrenaline flow," he said. Horton added that ‘‘‘the inherent risks are higher than ff] - aviation flying. But, he added, “‘It never gets boring. , are no Avenue in proclamation look like a drowned rat.” : Cas cop swim meet in Kelowna over the weekend . . . B: Every fire is a